{"id":2534,"date":"2022-02-10T22:12:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T19:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sahiphopnews.com\/?p=2534"},"modified":"2023-02-26T00:56:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T21:56:40","slug":"imp-tha-don-biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sahiphopnews.com\/imp-tha-don-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"IMP Tha Don Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"3f763d672f5d6caf7800dc36d94c5697\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6320557125022566\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Responsive Ad -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6320557125022566\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1510235538\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Thapelo Maimela (born January 28, 1997), also known as IMP Tha Don, is a South African rapper, songwriter, and record producer born in Mafikeng, North West but was raised in Pretoria, Gauteng.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sahiphopnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMP-Tha-Don-South-African-rapper.jpg\" alt=\"IMP Tha Don - South African rapper, songwriter and record producer.\" class=\"wp-image-2650\" title=\"IMP Tha Don - South African rapper, songwriter and record producer.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sahiphopnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMP-Tha-Don-South-African-rapper.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sahiphopnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMP-Tha-Don-South-African-rapper-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>Basic Information<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Real Name:<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Thapelo Maimela<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Date of Birth:<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">January 28, 1997<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Age:<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">26 years<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Birth Place:<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Mafikeng, North West<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Hometown:<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Pretoria, Gauteng<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Occupation:<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Rapper, songwriter, and record producer<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Years Active:<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2016 &#8211; Present<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Hip Hop<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Label(s):<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Rubberband Gang<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"career\"><strong>Career<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>IMP Tha Don began rising to fame after being featured on A-Reece&#8217;s soul and jazz influenced song, \u201cA Real Nigga Tale\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2018, IMP Tha Don released a single titled, \u201cFuck The System\u201d which earned him extreme street credibility from the hip hop community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He then proceeded to do production work on A-Reece\u2019s \u201cAnd I&#8217;m Only 21\u201d EP and MashBeatz\u2019s first Album \u201cThanks For Nothing\u201d,  and had guest features on both projects respectfully. This resulted in him earning a buzz in the streets and him proving that, he too can stand among the greats of hip hop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mafikeng born rapper was then featured on MashBeatz\u2019s sophomore project, \u201cFire In The Water\u201d, in addition to having multiple production credits on the project as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2021, IMP Tha Don then focused on his mixtape, &#8220;Money.Power.Respect&#8221; which featured a good score of formidable rappers. The mixtape was released towards the end of the year on Sunday 28 November 2021, it received critical acclaim from the hip hop community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"personal-life\"><strong>Personal Life<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Maimela is not married and has no children of his own yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"albums\"><strong>Albums<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>IMP Tha Don has just one music project to his name, an album released in 2021. He however has multiple collaborative EPs and mixtapes with fellow rappers from 1000&#8242; Degreez and Rubberband Gang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Money.Power.Respect (2021)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"songs\"><strong>Songs<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Maimela has released a couple of singles listed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Fuck The System<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>South Side Stroke (featuring Ghoust and Wordz)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New World Order Freestyle (featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/sahiphopnews.com\/logical-rhymez-biography\/\">Logical Rhymez<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Muhammad Ali<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Celebrate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>20 Large (featuring Ex-Global and Ghoust)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Snakes and Flutes (featuring Ghoust and Krish)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Big Bags (featuring Gua&#8217; the Wise)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hip Hop Will Never DIE (featuring Krish)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ NEXT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u203a<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/sahiphopnews.com\/a-reece-and-pjays-father-passes-away\/\">A-Reece And Jay Jody\u2019s Father Passes Away<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u203a<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/sahiphopnews.com\/dylan-naber-biography\/\">Dylan Naber Biography<\/a><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thapelo Maimela (born January 28, 1997), also known as IMP Tha Don, is a South African rapper, songwriter, and record producer born in Mafikeng, North West but was raised in Pretoria, Gauteng.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2650,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sahiphopnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2534"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sahiphopnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sahiphopnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sahiphopnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sahiphopnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2534"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/sahiphopnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3187,"href":"https:\/\/sahiphopnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2534\/revisions\/3187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sahiphopnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sahiphopnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}